A terse Mick McCarthy said he did not care about the criticism he received from the Wolves support after seeing his side come from two goals down to salvage a draw against Swansea at Molineux.

A terse Mick McCarthy said he did not care about the criticism he received from the Wolves support after seeing his side come from two goals down to salvage a draw against Swansea at Molineux.

McCarthy's side appeared to be heading for a sixth straight defeat when they trailed 2-0 after the visitors scored first-half goals through Danny Graham and Joe Allen, and they left the field to a chorus of boos at half-time.

Matters were initially no better in the second half with a section of the home support chanting: "You're getting sacked in the morning".

There were also howls of derision when the Wolves manager took off wingers Adam Hammill and Matt Jarvis to introduce Nenad Milijas and Adlene Guedioura.

But Kevin Doyle pulled a goal back from close range in the 84th minute, with Jamie O'Hara grabbing the equaliser just two minutes later to alleviate some of the pressure on McCarthy.

But McCarthy, who limited the majority of his answers during his post-match press conference to a handful of words, refused to be drawn on his feelings regarding the Molineux fans.

"They (the fans) can react all they like, it was a great point today and I am delighted. I can't explain the comeback. We were really, really lucky," he said.

"We have played better over the previous five games and got nothing. We have needed something to get us off seven points, something to end the run of defeats. We needed a bit of luck or a bit of magic and if this proves to be a turning point I will be delighted.

"I'm not bothered. We got a point. We needed something."

McCarthy also jokingly challenged the assembled media to a fight, after being asked about his battling qualities as a manager.

"I'm up for a scrap if anyone fancies it," he said. "If someone wants one now I'll happily accommodate them."

Despite the nature of his side's late revival, McCarthy also revealed there had been no joyous celebrations in the home dressing room.

"My overriding feeling is that the players kept going and got the result for themselves and the club, and that is fabulous and I'm delighted," he said.

"I'm not sure we are jumping around for joy as it has been a difficult day for us, but when you pick the bones out of it, it's a good point."

While the former Republic of Ireland boss hopes ending their sequence of defeats will instigate a turnaround in form, he knows that back-to-back meetings against Manchester City in the coming week will provide a clearer indication of the direction Wolves are heading in.

"We can only judge whether this is a turning point in weeks to come," he said.

"We have City twice in the next few days and they are arguably playing like champions-elect. We have them Wednesday and Saturday, we will see how we go."

Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers, meanwhile, cut a dejected figure after seeing his side let two points slide from their grasp, but praised the performance his players put in through the opening 80 minutes as they picked up a first Barclays Premier League away point.

"It felt like a defeat," he said.

"We were outstanding today. We dominated and controlled the game with and without ball, so to lose the lead in the last 10 minutes was obviously difficult, but it's our first away point and the performance was fantastic.

"We just needed to manage the game better, and our job is to make sure the two points we dropped today don't cost us at the end of the season.

"But we want to focus on a fantastic overall performance. We had never been in that position before, of being two goals up away from home in the Premier League. But we need to learn quickly and move on to the next game."

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Wolves ended their five-match losing run as late goals from Kevin Doyle and Jamie O'Hara saw them salvage a draw against Swansea at Molineux and alleviate some of the pressure on manager Mick McCarthy.